Vehicle screen



July 12, 1938.,` 1 H, HEDLUND' VEHICLE SCREEN Filed May 7, 1936 U 7 @n ny A\ m .....N a/0 M3 l I, I

Patented July 12, 1938 lUNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE VEHICLE4 SCREEN IverH. Hedlund, Sioux City, Iowa Application May 7, 1936,'/seria1 No. 78,381

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a screen to be used primarily in connection witha vehicle window or door. An object of my a screenwhich will preventglare, or the entrance of undesirable foreign objects from enteringthrough the window.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a screen devicewhich can be readily rolled up out of the way and which can beincorporated together with a` vehicle door or which can be made as aseparate part, or as an accessory to be tted to any standard vehicledoor. f A further 'object of my invention is to provide a screen of thischaracter which can be rolled or unrolled in cooperation with thevehicle window.

A further object of my invention is to provide a screen which is verypliable to permit of such unrolling.

AV further object of my invention is to provide the above mentionedobjects in a construction of great simplicity which can be manufacturedat a very reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of mydevice, whereby the' objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view taken generally on the lines I-I of Figure2,

Figure 2 is a side elevation o f the device as used in conjunction withthe vehicle door,

Figure 3 is an .enlarged detail of 'Figure 1, and i Figure 4 is amodication showing the device built in the door frame.'

I have used the character II] to designate the door generally, which, ofcourse, is the standard side door `of any automotive vehicle or thelike.

, This door receives the usual window II which is raised or lowered bymeans of the handle I2.

The upper frame of the door is indicated generally by the character I3.To the upper frame is attached my device which includes the sheet metalcasing I4 having the top I5. Attached to the sheet metal casing are thebrackets I6 and Il.

Attached to the brackets I6 is the rubber disc I8, and threadedlyengaged with the bracket `I'I is the thumb screw I9 which terminates inan invention is to provide such` enlarged portion to which is attached arubber disc 2l. Attached to the bottom I5 is the felt spacer 22. Y

It'will be seen that by the use of the brackets I6 and Il and theassociation of the thumb 5 screw I9 therewith that the entire device canbe rigidly attached against the upper portion of the vehicle door bymerely screwing the thumb screw I9 inwardly.

The rubber buiers I8 and 2I as well as the 10 felt memberk 22 will`prevent marring of the door.

Journalled within the casing I 4 is the roller 123 which is journalledabout the shaft 24. The

roller works on a` ratchet principle similar to a 15 curtain blind rodwhich ratchet is indicated generally by the characters 25 and 26.

Wound about the roller is the pliable screen 27. This screen may be madeof any suitable material, but it should be clearly brought out 20 herethat the preferred form as used by my invention is an extremely pliableform made of a suitable fiber base or such material having features ofpliancy and the like.

Attached at 28 to the lower edge of the screen 25 2l are the springmembers 29 which are made of resilient metal strips, and between whichis the rubber member 3B which includes the beveled shoulders 3|.

The strips 29 are received between the arcu- 30 ate portions 32 whichare integral extensions of the casing I4. The rubber member 39 alsoincludes the rectangular opening 33 which is adapted to receive theupper edge of the glass window II so that when the rubber member 3i] is35 presseddown against the upper edge, this edge, will be received inthis opening along the length thereof and will be maintainedfunderspring pressure by the resilient strips 29.

The beveled shoulders of the rubber member, ofcourse will permitpositive entrance of the window. In this way, the lower edge of thescreen willbe held against the window edge so that when the same islowered orraised, the screen will follow correspondingly thereby form-45 ing ak screened `opening automatically.

In this case the curtain roller ratchet effect will not be used, and itwill be understood that a suitable spiral spring will be insertedbetween the shaft 24 and the reel so that the screen will 50 be releasedand the reel will wind up the same when the window moves upwardly andconversely in the downward direction.

However, it will be understood that when it is desired to use thearrangement without following the vertical movement of the Window, thiscan be done by merely releasing the engagement of the rubber member 30from the upper edge of the window, and correspondingly either desiredarrangement can be used using the ratchet arrangement as explained.

The vertical edges of the screen are attached to pliable strips 34.

It will be understood that the screen travels through the vertical feltchannels 35 which are the standard type to guide the windows Il andwhich are also located at the upper portion of the door i3 in which theyare positioned horizontally.

It will be noted from Figure 3 that when the rubber member 30 is at itstopmost position, that is that when the window is raised to the top, itwill be engaged with this rubber member and will provide a seal from theoutside elements since the pressure will just be suilicient to maintainaseal in this instance, since if it is desired to use the screen tocooperate with the Window, the rubber member -30 will `need to be forcedover the edge by a greater pressure.

Alternative construction is shown in Figure 4 in Which the casing, whichincorporates all of the other features, is inserted Within the upperWooden frame `I?, of the door and into which it is suitably affixed.This construction is `more of the type which can be built into a vehicleduring the process of manufacture of the same and incorporates `similarfeatures throughout.

It will be noted that the brackets I5 and l1 are suitably riveted to thecasing I4 at 36.

It will now be seen that I have provided a vehicle screen which can bereadily attached or built as a composite unit together with a vehicleside door, which screen can be automatically rolled or unrolled togetherwith the vehicle Window, or which can be operated independentlytherefrom.

It will be seen further that this device is constructed of such materialthat it Will readily roll or unroll, and that it includes features forinstantly attaching or detaching the same if such l isldesired.

It Will also be seen that the device is compact,

neat, and presents an attractive appearance, as

Well as being of great simplicity to insure a reasonable cost ofmanufacture.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of theparts of my invention without departing from the real spirit and purposeof my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claim anymodified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which maybe reasonably included Within its scope.

I claim as my invention:

A vehicle screen comprising a casing, a reel i' lil)

